Husam Jaradat

Husam Jaradat (1962-30 August 2006) was a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Biography
Husam Jaradat was the cousin of Hanadi Jaradat, a female suicide bomber who killed 21 civilians and wounded 51 on 4 October 2003 in the bombing of the Maxim restaurant in Haifa (a restaurant known to be frequented by both Jews and Arabs in peaceful coexistance). Jaradat joined Palestinian Islamic Jihad like his cousin, and he became a senior commander of PIJ in Jenin. Jaradat served 14 years in Israeli prisons due to his political activism, and he was interviewed by Stockholms Fria Tidning. He claimed that he hated injustice and not Jews, and he said that he loved Israelis who visited the Jenin refugee camp, some of which were actors; he said that he spoke fluent Hebrew and frequently chatted online with Jews. He believed that suicide bombings were not in principle acceptable, but only a temporary tactic. Jaradat also stated that the PIJ had the capacity to do four operations a day in Israel, but he did what he did to prove that no security measures could protect Israel. On 30 August 2006 Jaradat was killed in the Jenin refugee quarters by Israeli commandos.